Wherever I am, the world comes after me.
It offers me its busyness. It does not believe that I do not want it.
Now I understand why the old poets of China went so far
and high into the mountains, then crept into the pale mist.
"The Old Poets of China" by Mary Oliver

News @ UP Asian Center

  • Crude Realities: Confronting the Oil Crisis in Asia | A Webinar
  • UP Asian Center's Siao Campoamor Recognized for Oustanding Research in Filipino
  • Wash Out | An Onsite Documentary Screening and Talkback

  • Crude Realities: Confronting the Oil Crisis in Asia | A Webinar

    The UP Asian Center will be holding the webinar "Crude Realities: Confronting the Oil Crisis in Asia" on 17 April 2026, 2:00 PM, PST (GMT+8), online via Zoom. The event is free and open to the public, but signing in to a (free) Zoom account is required.

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  • UP Asian Center's Siao Campoamor Recognized for Oustanding Research in Filipino

    UP Asian Center Professor Gonzalo A. Campoamor II, Ph.D., has been conferred the 2026 Gawad Tsanselor para sa Natatanging Mananaliksik sa Filipino, one of the most prestigious distinctions awarded to the UP Diliman faculty for their exemplary accomplishments and contributions to their respective fields. The awarding ceremonies will be held on 8 May 2026, and can be watched live via the official UP Diliman website and YouTube Channel.

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  • Wash Out | An Onsite Documentary Screening and Talkback

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    The UP Asian Center in collaboration with the UP Department of Sociology, the UP Film Institute, and UP CIDS Program on Alternative Development, will be holding the onsite screening and talk back for the documentary, WASH OUT, on 14 April 2026, 2:00 - 5:00 PM, PST (GMT+8), at Cine Adarna, UP Film Center. The event is free and open to the public, but online registration is recommended.

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The UP Asian Center in partnership with FACTS Asia hosted the closed-door roundtable “India in a World of Asymmetrical Multipolarity” on 27 February 2024, at the Seminar Room, GT-Toyota Asian Cultural Center, University of the Philippines, Diliman.

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The UP Asian Center, in partnership with the UP Center for International Studies and UP Korea Research Center, successfully hosted the special lecture, “Kung Ano Ang Natutunan Ko Bilang Manunulat sa Panonood ng K-Dramas Tungkol sa Kasaysayan” (What I Learned as a Writer From Watching Historical K-Dramas) last 23 February 2024 at the GT-Toyota Asian Cultural Center Auditorium, UP Diliman.

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The Association of Southeast Asian Studies – UK is now accepting submissions for its “ASEAS International Ph.D. Workshop” to be held on 21-22 May 2024. The workshop is hosted by Brawijaya University in Malang, Indonesia and sponsored by the University of Leeds. The deadline for submission is on 31 March 2024.

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The UP Asian Center and the Japan Foundation Manila will hold the "Japanese Studies in the Philippines: The 6th Japanese Studies Research Development Competition” on 9 March 2024, 9:00 am to 12:00 pm (GMT+8) and 23 March 2024, 9:00 am to 12:00 pm (GMT+8), both at the Seminar Room, GT-Toyota Asian Cultural Center. The event is free and open to the public.

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In partnership with the Institute of Asian and African Studies, Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU-IAAS), the UP Asian Center recently held a two-day online international conference, Asia Today: Meaningful Change in the Post-Pandemic Transition last 9-10 November 2023, via Zoom.